Crikey readers have their say.
October, 2011
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The carbon tax bill, et al
Morning Market Report: Markets down as Slovakia rejects plan
ECB President Trichet said the euro zone debt crisis had become systemic and could threaten global economic stability.
Media briefs: Oz’s weather double … Aussie film fraud … Indy’s new masthead …
The Oz: weather one day, same the next … Aussie film’s embarrassing aboutface … The Independent changes its masthead and more …
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Rudd the apple of the media’s eye
Rudd got up to three-quarters of Gillard’s coverage in a week that was meant to be all about the carbon price.
Power Shots: Power Shots: does AJ have power? … urge to purge Rupert … Katter wagging parly …
Sydney Power: Alan Jones at #8. Some people believe Alan Jones is the most powerful person in Sydney, but we beg to disagree. Loud and angry doesn’t shape the city, even if politicians like to keep him sweet. And despite The Parrot’s weekly audience of nearly half-a-million listeners, five out of six people in Sydney […]
Political snippets: Uncertainty the only certainty
So Australia has almost got to the point of establishing a price on carbon emissions with the House of Representatives passing legislation this morning and passage through the Senate being little more than a formality.
Video of the Day: Pash watch in carbon tax jubilation
There was a kiss for Greg Combet, of course. And Anthony Albanese. Jenny Macklin. Wayne Swan. But amid the celebrations for a successful vote on the carbon tax legislation, the parliamentary cameras panned away from Julia Gillard at the crucial moment — a prime ministerial pash with the man she deposed, Kevin Rudd. (Thankfully, the still snappers […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
ATO outsources its call centres. A twist to our list of complaints from customers left waiting on hold by the Australian Tax Office: a reader points out the ATO has a tender out to outsource customer service functions. The “Outsource Contact Centres” contract will build external call centres to “increase operational flexibility and agility”, “increase ability to […]
Crikey Says: Never mind the kiss, how ’bout that carbon tax?
Yes, in the context of their relationship that embrace is quite momentous, considering the two can’t usually manage to look each other in the eye. But not quite as momentous as say, the passage of the actual Clean Energy legislation.
Stephen Fry reviews the iPhone 4S
Stephen Fry got his hands an iPhone 4S eight hours before Steve Jobs died. The actor/writer/comedian/author-cum-gadget man felt inspired to pen an in depth review for The Guardian.
Google snitch on WikiLeaks volunteer
Google’s decision to hand over a Wikileaks volunteer’s private data to the US government, without a search warrant, is certain to send civil libertarians into a tizzy, writes John Paul Titlow.
What’s going on at The Guardian?
A price hike, strange tweets, letters to readers, opening its daily news lists…Across the inner cities of the world, goes out the cry these days — has The Guardian completely lost the plot? writes Guy Rundle.
Extremists ramp up assaults on Christians in post-Mubarak Egypt
The Egypt revolution has inadvertently empowered Islamist extremists, who have launched a wave of assault against Coptic Christians, reports Maggie Michael.
God and gambling: the cardinal goes missing
Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen has used his authority as a church leader to condemn clubs that benefit from pokie addicts. But what about his Catholic counterpart? asks Paul Barry.
Is China showing Australia the way on carbon emissions?
Carbon price package naysayers claim that China is doing nothing to limit carbon emissions. It is, but like Australia, has a long way to go, writes Richard Farmer.
Mirabella helps pass carbon tax
Crikey media wrap: Despite Tony Abbott declaring he will kill the carbon price if elected, PM Julia Gillard will today get Australia’s first significant policy to cut carbon emissions passed through parliament.
Dancing with metaphor: why Footloose is a commentary on the war on drugs
The new Footloose, irrespective of its cheesy dialogue, cut-out characters and overall air of giddy celebration, is now a relatively sophisticated commentary on the war on drugs, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Question time: offline and out of line, but they’ve still got it
Ah, House of Representatives question time, that 2pm trip back to Year 10 assembly in which the nation’s best political minds joust unceasingly for petulant advantage — and that’s just the limelight addicts in the front row of the press gallery.
Turnbull’s NBN twilight zone — give the man a cigar (Cuban of course)
“Cuba”? What the heck do any of us know about broadband policy in Cuba, Mr Turnbull? Oh wait. I get it. Communism. Well played, sir.
CFMEU boss reads The RiotAct and then sues over news story
CFMEU ACT Branch Secretary Dean Hall is suing independent website The RiotAct in the ACT Supreme Court over a news story he says falsely accused him of assault.
The army, sectarianism, and counter-revolution in Egypt
Tensions between Egypt’s majority Muslim community (or, at least, certain agitators within this community) and the country’s large Coptic Christian minority have simmered under the surface of Egyptian politics for decades, writes Dr Benjamin MacQueen.
Malaysia may not be a solution, but regional negotiation is
Regardless of the Malaysia Solution, there is a significant argument for engaging with transit countries in our region that bear the burden of hosting far more asylum seekers than Australia does, writes immigration adviser Caz Coleman.
